I raise a big garden because I like gardening and I like eating the stuff I grow and I like sharing my extra stuff. I take my extra produce to work and I sell it in the break room for a very reasonable price and I donate all the money I raise to the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). This is an organization which Walmart has been giving to for years. By selling the extra produce in the break room, my coworkers can get good, fresh produce below the cost at the grocery store and they know I grow my produce free of chemicals. I pay very little for the seeds (for example, I paid $2.70 for a packet of 500 green bean seeds through a seed catalog) and I raise a great deal more money than I spend. It’s a win/win/win situation.
I set my early goal at $50 for CMN. I easily passed that just selling green beans for $1 a pound (and those 500 seeds I got – well, I still have lots of those seeds left to plant next year!). I set my next goal at $75. I passed that goal yesterday when I sold some butternut squash, a few green beans and some tomatoes. I am now at $81 raised for CMN. I still have more tomatoes (mostly cherry tomatoes), several more squash and some small pumpkins in the garden, so I should be able to meet my next goal of $100 (unless we get an early frost before the rest of the squash & pumpkins ripen).
I’ve been doing this for a few years now and my coworkers always look forward to getting my produce (the green beans are always a hit!). But this is the first year I’ve kept close track of how much money I’ve raised. I usually lose track once the green beans are done.
I set a goal and I passed it yesterday!
I raise a big garden because I like gardening and I like eating the stuff I grow and I like sharing my extra stuff. I take my extra produce to work and I sell it in the break room for a very reasonable price and I donate all the money I raise to the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). This is an organization which Walmart has been giving to for years. By selling the extra produce in the break room, my coworkers can get good, fresh produce below the cost at the grocery store and they know I grow my produce free of chemicals. I pay very little for the seeds (for example, I paid $2.70 for a packet of 500 green bean seeds through a seed catalog) and I raise a great deal more money than I spend. It’s a win/win/win situation.
I set my early goal at $50 for CMN. I easily passed that just selling green beans for $1 a pound (and those 500 seeds I got – well, I still have lots of those seeds left to plant next year!). I set my next goal at $75. I passed that goal yesterday when I sold some butternut squash, a few green beans and some tomatoes. I am now at $81 raised for CMN. I still have more tomatoes (mostly cherry tomatoes), several more squash and some small pumpkins in the garden, so I should be able to meet my next goal of $100 (unless we get an early frost before the rest of the squash & pumpkins ripen).
I’ve been doing this for a few years now and my coworkers always look forward to getting my produce (the green beans are always a hit!). But this is the first year I’ve kept close track of how much money I’ve raised. I usually lose track once the green beans are done.
Here’s hoping I reach my new $100 goal!